Showing posts with label great ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label great ideas. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

I Made a Stamp Positioner for Less Than $12

When I got back into stamping, I saw that several stamp positioners had come out on the market while I was away, and that the most popular one was $60! I'm sorry, but that product is way over-priced! So I looked around on YouTube to see if anyone had found a way to make one and found numerous videos with lots of ideas. Ha! Apparently, others also thought it was too expensive!

The one I liked the most because of its simplicity was this one:



I set out to buy the parts she mentioned as inexpensively as possible.



I found a clear jewel dvd case on eBay for $1.75 plus $3.49 shipping. He charges a little more now, but still pretty cheap for a single case.

I took out the middle section (the part that the dvd sits on) very carefully. I also trimmed the latch so it wouldn't catch. It was easy to do.

I bought a large single sheet of fun foam (probably about 12" x 18") at Michael's for $.99 (lots of colors to choose from - I went with lime green) and cut two pieces to sandwich together. I glued them together and placed them in the case.

I also bought a Little B Perfect Positioner and cut it to fit the inside of the box. I did not put it on the paper the way the YouTuber did. I just stuck it right onto the fun foam. For added strength I coated the back of the Little B with Tack It Over & Over which is a repositionable glue. I don't know if that's necessary. That was just my choice. The top surface is just sticky enough to hold paper in place, so you don't need to get a magnetic sheet and magnets like some positioners have.

I've used it tons of times already and it works great!


Not bad for $12. My thanks to the person who created this. You saved me nearly $50!

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Magnetic wall of dies!

Oh, my goodness! I ran across an amazing display of dies on Pinterest and had to share. A WALL of dies! Isn't this a great idea? I'm assuming she used magnetic paint which, from what I've read, has to be stirred vigorously from the bottom before you paint so the metal bits get distributed evenly, since they naturally sink.

What a collection!